10 1867 - 1876 The Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. Annual Report LC&N PA Maps Chart

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This listing is for the following bound annual report booklets - If you have any questions please let me know.
Book Title - Annual Report of The Board of Managers of The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company To The Stockholders  1867 - 1876
Book Author - various
Book Publisher / Year -  1867 report is Philadelphia Pa. John C. Clark & Son Printers 230 Dock Street // 1868, 1869, 1870 report is printed by The Leisenring Steam Printing House Jayne's Building Nos 237 and 239 Dock Street  // 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876   Wm. Mann Printer 329 Market Street
Book Condition and Content - All are clean with solid cover color - any condition issues are notes. All issues are bound together hardback format - leather and marbled papers. Boards are rubbed and leather has some scraping - gilt titles are still clear and overall bright - first few front pages are loose - just marbled front free endpaper and cover & title page of the 1867 report - otherwise binding is solid.
1867 - 58 pages
1868 - 69 pages - pages 1 and 19 are loose and have some edge chipping, foldout sheet showing number of passengers carried to and from each station on the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad in 1868 as well as another fold out showing the fright tonnage to and from for the same stations. Towards end is a larger fold out map showing sections of coal beds Panther Creek Valley.
1869 - 54 pages Crease to cover - crease inside apparent inside as well.
1870 - 48 pages - very light crease.
1871 - 24 pages
1872 - 18 pages
1873 - 21 pages
1874 - 16 pages - last few pages and rear paper cover have stain at very bottom corner edge.
1875 - 21 pages
1876 - 33 pages
About the company - The Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company was a mining and transportation company that operated in Pennsylvania from 1818 (1820 & 1822) to 1964. It ultimately encompassed source industries, transport, and manufacturing, making it the first vertically integrated company in the United States.
Building on two predecessor companies incorporated in 1818, founders Erskine Hazard and Josiah White entered the coal industry to serve customers seeking a steady supply of fuel for foundries and mills on the falls of the Schuylkill River. Their LC&N spearheaded the Industrial Revolution in the United States, accelerating regional industrial development by taking on civil engineering challenges thought impossible and creating important transport and mining infrastructure. Most importantly, the LC&N established the Lower Lehigh Canal (begun 1818, usable 1820, improved 1821–24, and made two-way in 1827-29) and taught America to burn anthracite. By the early 1830s, the Lehigh Canal and its "bridging" river trip along the Delaware River inspired and connected four other canals.
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